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Home-start Matters It is not too late to book a place for our Literary Lunch Come along and enjoy a buffet lunch with tea/coffee and be entertained by our poet in residence Jude Simpson who will be chatting to Dame Fiona Reynolds DBE. Tickets £15, to book 01763 262262,
MUSEUM MUSINGS: Horribly Healthy! We come across some weird and wonderful adverts in the newspapers we hold in the collection. Mike, one of our volunteers, has been taking a closer look and has created a new display that brings to light some of the ailments that were troubling people in the late 1800s. The Victorians are often thought of as a stuffy, prudish sort but seemingly the makers of medicines felt the need to go into quite some detail about how their potions and concoctions could help. If we go by the adverts, it seems stomach complaints were quite an issue for local people – there are remedies for wind, bloating, stomach cramps and diarrhoea!
like wonderful cures for everything. The first was for preventing dandruff and the second for everything from scurvy to chapped lips. The photo shows T. Webb’s Chemist that was on Royston High Street around 1900. The window is full of bottles and you can imagine all the different coloured glass with an amazing variety of labels promoting the liquids contained within. I wonder what those in the future will think of today’s medicinal adverts – perhaps we’re just as graphic, if not more so in our adverts for ailments?
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We have one advert for Bull’s Compound Wine of Quinine from 1871 that claims to “produce cheerfulness and health”! The names of the lotions and potions are always interesting too – Dr Startin’s Nutritive Pomade or Matthew’s Golden Cerate sound
We will be having a bottle and and box tombola stall at the May Fayre on Monday 7th May, so please come and say hi to us.
Literary Lunch, The Old Bull Inn Thursday 3rd May, 12.15 - 2.15pm www.hsrsc.org.uk
Fix a book - Book a fix Organisers of the Royston Repair Café are pleased to announce a new addition to the long list of free fixes their volunteer repairers can tackle – books.
repairs. Paperback, hardback, leather bindings and other documents on paper are all welcome.”
Dea Fischer – a new member of the repair team – brings her artisan book-making and binding skills from Canada to Royston for the next Repair Café on Sunday 6th May 10am to 1pm at BuildTrain in Lower Gower Road.
Whether it’s a muchhandled favourite thriller or a delicate family heirloom, book online at https://roystonrepaircafe17. eventbrite.co.uk for a free assessment and, if possible, a free fix.
Dea is passionate about the art of book restoration “I’m happy to deal with repairs such as torn pages, cracked and broken spines, loose pages, damaged corners and general wear and tear. I can at least advise on more serious
Owners are, of course, also welcome to book in other items for repair such as clothes, bikes, electricals, laptops and wooden furniture. The message for May is clear - don’t despair, repair!
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